September 8, 2008

People – Seth Rogen’s Cinematic Dream Becomes Reality

All Seth Rogen really wanted when he came to Hollywood was to make a movie with Kevin Smith .

His dream came true, and more: Rogen got to make a dirty movie with Smith.

Rogen stars with Elizabeth Banks in Smith's "Zack and Miri Make a Porno," a romantic comedy with a whole lot of skin showing.

The 26-year-old actor recalled a meeting nearly a decade ago with a prospective agent who asked what his career goals were. That's when he confessed his desire to work with Smith, whose profanity- spewing raconteurs were an influence on the sort of films Rogen eventually would make himself.

" The agent said to me 'that's probably easier than you think.' I hadn't realized that Kevin Smith movies didn't make any money," Rogen said in a telephone interview from Los Angeles.

With the "Clerks" movies and films such as "Chasing Amy" and "Dogma," Smith has built a huge cult fan base but has yet to break widely into the mainstream. Rogen, who has scored hits with the similarly adult-themed comedies "Pineapple Express" and "Knocked Up," thinks "Zack and Miri" could be the one that puts Smith in front of a broader audience.

The movie premieres Sunday at the Toronto International Film Festival in advance of its Oct. 31 theatrical release.

Dunst's burglar gets sentenced

A drug addict who was arrested on charges of burglarizing Kirsten Dunst's New York City hotel penthouse suite has been sentenced to 4 1/2 years in prison.

Jarrod Beinerman was arrested on burglary and larceny charges after a security camera captured his movements in Manhattan's SoHo Grand Hotel in August 2007. He was allowed to plead guilty to the lesser charge of attempted burglary.